Bigger loans than its peers
Its typical loan was $415,000, against $305,000 at similar lenders (non-bank subsidiaries of banks making between half and twice as many loans), larger than about four in five of them. Conventional loans made up 89.2% of its lending, against 73.9%, and loans larger than the conforming limit 4.9%. Few of its loans were higher-priced, with a rate well above the average for similar loans: 0.3%, against 1.5%.